William Hodges
Unknown
Found at
Christies,
London
Arts of India, Lot 10
23. Sep - 23. Sep 2005
Arts of India, Lot 10
23. Sep - 23. Sep 2005
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
WILLIAM HODGES (1744-1797)
Choix de Vues de l'Inde... Select Views in India, drawn on the spot, in the years 1780, 1781, 1782 and 1783. London: printed for the author, and sold by J.Edwards, [1785-1788].
Large 2° (553 x 410mm). Letterpress title and dedication leaf in French and English, contents leaf in English, 41 leaves of parallel text in Fench and English. 48 aquatint plates, printed in bistre, by and after Hodges, folding engraved hand-coloured map by John Cary. (Plate 36 with short neatly repaired tear to upper margin just affecting image area, plate 45 with expertly repaired rust hole in image area, the 4th and 10th text leaves shaved with slight loss, some ight spotting or browning.) Modern brown half morocco gilt, spine in seven compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and third the other compartments with repeat decoration in gilt, t.e.g., slipcase.
Provenance: G.R. Nicolaus (bookplate, dated 1929).
The rare uncoloured issue of this work, containing the first substantial series of aquatint views of India. Cf. Abbey Travel II, 416; cf. Brunet III, 242; cf. Lowndes II, p.1079; Tooley 264.
Choix de Vues de l'Inde... Select Views in India, drawn on the spot, in the years 1780, 1781, 1782 and 1783. London: printed for the author, and sold by J.Edwards, [1785-1788].
Large 2° (553 x 410mm). Letterpress title and dedication leaf in French and English, contents leaf in English, 41 leaves of parallel text in Fench and English. 48 aquatint plates, printed in bistre, by and after Hodges, folding engraved hand-coloured map by John Cary. (Plate 36 with short neatly repaired tear to upper margin just affecting image area, plate 45 with expertly repaired rust hole in image area, the 4th and 10th text leaves shaved with slight loss, some ight spotting or browning.) Modern brown half morocco gilt, spine in seven compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and third the other compartments with repeat decoration in gilt, t.e.g., slipcase.
Provenance: G.R. Nicolaus (bookplate, dated 1929).
The rare uncoloured issue of this work, containing the first substantial series of aquatint views of India. Cf. Abbey Travel II, 416; cf. Brunet III, 242; cf. Lowndes II, p.1079; Tooley 264.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by William Hodges achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in September 2005. In the Arts of India auction, the work Unknown sold for GBP 10,200.00 (€ 14,969.25) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 5,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by William Hodges achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Matavie Bay in the Island of Otaheite (Matavai Bay, Tahiti) in October 2019 with an auction result of GBP 659,250.00 (€ 764,682.72).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von William Hodges erzielte im September 2005 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Arts of India wurde die Arbeit Unknown für GBP 10.200,00 (€ 14.969,25) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von William Hodges erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Matavie Bay in the Island of Otaheite (Matavai Bay, Tahiti) im Oktober 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 659.250,00 (€ 764.682,72).
William Hodges - Auction history
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